ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,560, issued on Aug. 26.
"Training station for surgical procedures" was invented by Anne Marie Lariviere (Bogota, Colombia) and Paulo Andres Escobar Rincon (Bogota, Colombia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention refers to a training station for surgical procedures comprising a model of an anatomical structure, a three-dimensional digital model of the anatomical structure and a work base. The model of the anatomical structure is obtained through diagnostic images of a patient and provides a replica of the anatomical conformation including bone, cartilage and skin. The three-dimensional digital model allows a training sta...